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\"Wrapped<\/a>
Wrapped Pears Beyond The Edge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here\u2019s a drawing that I found beyond the edges of the original. I tiled more drawing board around the original in a moment of creative juiciness, and the rest of the story appeared.<\/p>\n

To meet my criteria of a \u201cbeyond the edge\u201d drawing, which I’m making up as I write, I have to approve of each tile as it looks alone, and also how it looks combined with the other tiles.<\/p>\n

The Particulars<\/h3>\n

I began the drawing with the upper left tile, added three more pieces of drawing board (Strathmore 500 Bristol Board Vellum), and that\u2019s when I discovered that I was drawing pears that appear to be wrapped in paper, perhaps as if they\u2019re in a gift box.<\/p>\n

There isn\u2019t any deep meaning in this drawing. I just like pear shapes. They\u2019re cute, with their pointy tops and round bottoms. Also, I\u2019d like to take a bite out of one. Yummy!<\/p>\n

This drawing could simply be the result of hunger.\u00a0C’est la vie!<\/p>\n

The nitty gritty with a twist.<\/h3>\n

The surfaces of the pears look relatively smooth on this medium textured board, but I didn\u2019t use a blender tool. I don\u2019t have anything against using blenders, I just didn\u2019t want to smudge the beautiful texture of graphite on this vellum bristol board.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve come to appreciate paper textures, even rough ones, when they are hatched with a smooth technique. A slightly rough paper texture can sharpen the look of a hatch because the eye can focus on it, unlike with smudging, which blurs the hatch.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how I draw a smooth looking texture on rough paper.<\/h3>\n
\"Drawing<\/a>
Texture Not Smoothed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This example isn\u2019t \u201csmoothed\u201d and you can see that it looks a little bumpy. There are a few odd lines and other blemishes.<\/p>\n

I drew this shape with a dark 2B hatch around the edge. Then I filled the center with HB and 2H while blending in the edge by hatching over that area again.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
\"Steps<\/a>
Steps for drawing rounded smooth texture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The smooth looking shape on the left has the light spots darkened, and the dark spots lightened.<\/p>\n

First, I pinched a kneaded eraser into a tiny point and \u201ctapped\u201d out the dark lines and spots in the lighter part of the shape. Then I carefully filled them back in with a hard sharp lead (2H) until they disappeared into the surrounding area. I used a softer lead (HB) to fill in light spots in the darker hatching.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s my process for making a smooth looking hatched surface on a roughly textured paper. It\u2019s just plain old pencil to the paper technique, with lots of practice.<\/p>\n

Keep drawing everyone!
\nCarol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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